Title: Version 2.5
Published: May 19, 2019

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# Version 2.5

## In this article

 * [Changes in Minimum Requirements](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-2-5/?output_format=md#changes-in-minimum-requirements)
 * [New User Features](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-2-5/?output_format=md#new-user-features)
 * [Developer](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-2-5/?output_format=md#developer)

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On Saturday, March 29, 2008, WordPress 2.5 [was released](https://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/wordpress-25-brecker/).
For information on the changes and improvements in this new version, see the [Changelog for 2.5](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=2.5&resolution=fixed&order=priority).

The database version (db_version in wp_option) is 7558.

See WordPress 2.5 Theme Compatibility and Plugin Compatibility to confirm the theme
and plugins you’re using are compatible.

### 󠀁[Changes in Minimum Requirements](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-2-5/?output_format=md#changes-in-minimum-requirements)󠁿

 * [PHP](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/glossary/#php) 4.3 or greater(
   old requirement was PHP 4.2 or greater).

### 󠀁[New User Features](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-2-5/?output_format=md#new-user-features)󠁿

 * [Administration Panels](https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels) redesign(
   see [WordPress Interface Guidelines](http://bobulate.com/wpig/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page))
 * Widget-based dashboard
 * You should be able to have any number of any widgets
 * Search for both posts and pages ([#1435](https://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1435))

### 󠀁[Developer](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-2-5/?output_format=md#developer)󠁿

 * Use $wpdb->prepare everywhere
 * Switch to expect unescaped data for internal functions
 * [XML-RPC](https://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC) refactor
 * Plugabble media buttons
 * [Shortcode API](https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API)

First published

May 19, 2019

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